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News review 1. Dr Deepak Chawla shares his views on postnatal steroids .....

News review 2. Dr Deorari & Dr JEEVA Sankar share their views on CPAP.....

News review 3. Dr Rajiv Bahl, WHO-HQ shares his view on simple clincal signs to identify severe neonatal illness....

News review 4. Phototherapy lights for neonatal jaundice : What is new ?
Dr Anu Thukral and Dr Ashok Deorari share their views......

News review 5. Dr Arun Sasi and Dr Ashok Deorari share their views on Repeat course of antenatal corticosteroids in preterm labor......

News review 6. Dr Ashok Deorari , Dr Praveen Kumar & Dr Srinivas Murki share their views on Optimising use of CPAP in NB : Blending science , evidence and experience

News review 7. AHA/AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2010: Summary of major changes and their application in Resource-Limited Settings

News review 8. News review 8 : Phototherapy Lights: What a Pediatrician need to know Dr Anu Thukral & Dr Ashok Deorari gshare their views....

News review 9 : Non invasive ventilation Dr Aparna & Dr Ashok Deorari share their view point....


News review 10 : Prevention of Ventilator associated complications .........

Prevention of Ventilator associated complications
Dr. Aparna C & Dr. Ashok Deorari
From
Department of Pediatrics , WHO CC AIIMS , New Delhi-110029 & * Neonatologist , Childs Trust Medical Research Foundation and Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai -600034.
Web: www.newbornwhocc.org
Email: ashokdeorari_56@hotmail.com


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Figures: 1; Panels: 2

Key words: Ventilator associated complications, bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Abbreviations: VAP- Ventilator associated pneumonia , BPD- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, ELBW- Extremely low birth weight, VLBW- Very low birth weight, ROP- Retinopathy of prematurity, CPAP- Continuous positive airway pressure, I.M.- intramuscular, CI- Confidence intervals, PPROM- Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes, RCT- Randomised control trial, RR- Relative risk, PEEP- Peak end expiratory pressure. Read more....